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Site of memory · The Road to War, 1931–1941
Nanjing
13 Dec 1937 — The capital falls, and for six weeks Japanese troops massacre prisoners and civilians; estimates run from tens of thousands to over 300,000 dead. A crime the map records in memory.
This is one scene of Chapter 6 — China: The War Nobody Declared in The Road to War, 1931–1941.
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